State v. Myer

Jun 16, 1886
Reporters:
Before:
Servers
Servers, J.

The court charged the jury that the state must establish that the defendant ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍took the horse without the owner’s knowledge or consent, or that he “ aided, abbetted or assisted another person or persons in so taking away the ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍the horse.” After the jury had been considering as to their verdict for a considerable time, the court, in response to an inquiry propounded by the ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍jury, stated at some length what *149was meant by aiding and abetting the commission of a larceny. On a separate reading of the abstract we have separately ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍reached the conclusion that there is ño evidence tending to show that the defendant in any respect aided and abetted any person in the commission of ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‍the crime, and therefore the court erred in submitting such question to the jury.

Eeversed.